Broken Pipe: Fred Loveland

[Tarek Manadily]

Fred lost a brief battle to cancer a few days ago in a hospital in his home
state, Florida.

Fred Loveland was a talented tamper maker, an established pipe collector,
and a passionate pipe smoker. He was a kind man, with a subtle, quite sense
of humor and lots of wit.

The Chicago Pipe Show will never be the same again for me!

I, and many others in the pipe smoking community, will miss Fred but will
never forget him.

My most heart-felt condolences go to Fred's family and loved ones.

May he rest in peace.

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[Buddy Springman]

"Tarek Manadily" <te...@theitalianpipe.com> wrote in message
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> Fred lost a brief battle to cancer a few days ago...

A bowl in Fred's honor. May his family find peace.

Buddy

[Mike Stanley]

Sad indead. A nice man. I have a tamper he made for the then OPC now
NASPC pipe swap in , geez, I guess it was the first one. Kinda cool
though. I keep it by my easy chair. Now I'll certainly treasure it.

Mike Stanley

[Mingkahuna]

I knew Fred from pipe shows and through my friend Don Bellchamber. I wish I
had known him better. His tampers have always astounded me in his ingenuity
and ability to have fun with his wonderful creativity. I always knew him to be
a kind and gentle man.

As I tamp my pipe today with one of is tampers, I wish him a happy journey.

Art

[Johan Slabbert]

Fred was unknow to be,but all pipesters,known and unknow will forever be my
friends.

Yes,Fred,rest in peace and my sincere condolocenses to the family.

Johan Slabbert

"Tarek Manadily" <te...@theitalianpipe.com> wrote in message
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[Mingkahuna]

BTW, for those of you who aren't familiar with Fred's work, he made tampers
that in part often utilized bits and pieces and odds and ends that he picked up
who knows where. He combined them in ways that were ingenious. One never knew
quite what to expect.

One of my favorite all time tampers is one that Fred gave to Don Bellchamber at
the Chicago 2001 show called "Fifi." It was a small poodle head (maybe an inch
long) done in plastic or ceramic that served as the head for a very functional
tamper.

When you looked at Fred's work you couldn't help but smile.

Art

[DrBlues]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 18:28:15 +0100, "Tarek Manadily"
<te...@theitalianpipe.com> wrote:

>Fred lost a brief battle to cancer a few days ago in a hospital in his home
>state, Florida.
>
>Fred Loveland was a talented tamper maker, an established pipe collector,
>and a passionate pipe smoker. He was a kind man, with a subtle, quite sense
>of humor and lots of wit.
>
>The Chicago Pipe Show will never be the same again for me!
>
>I, and many others in the pipe smoking community, will miss Fred but will
>never forget him.
>
>My most heart-felt condolences go to Fred's family and loved ones.
>
>May he rest in peace.

I did not know this man, but he was a brother of the briar and my
condolences to his family, may he rest in peace indeed.
cordially
T

[buck12ga]

>
> My most heart-felt condolences go to Fred's family and loved ones.
>
> May he rest in peace.
>
>

Prayers and good wishes go out to Fred and his family.A bowl in Fred's
honor.Thanks Tarek.

buck

[SANDRE746]

Your post saluting Fred Loveland brings back some memories, Art. One of my
favorite of those memories was actually a NASPC Show at which I was feeling
somewhat out-of-sorts. Found Don Bellchamber's room and caught up on things
with him as first Fred and then you drifted into the room.
That Fred is no longer with us saddens me greatly, even though I did not know
him so well as I do you or Don. Fred's brother bought a pipe from me a few
years back, and I wish I still had his address (I believe at that time Fred's
brother lived in Pennsylvania, IIRC) so as to send a sympathy card--inadequate
as such a gesture may seem at a time like this one.

Andy S.

[Sagiter]

I dug out one of Fred's Tamps this afternoon. Has a little snuff pod on the
end.

Neil

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Neil Flancbaum
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"Tarek Manadily" <te...@theitalianpipe.com> wrote in message
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[Mingkahuna]

>Your post saluting Fred Loveland brings back some memories, Art.

Andy, in the end it is all about memories.

I suspect that if you contact Bill Unger he might be able to pass on Fred's
brother's address.

Art

[Mike Stanley]

I saw a post from Fred's Brother in the Pipes.org e-letters. He was
selling some pipes for Fred and I believe the address was in there. I
would check issues 183 and 184.
Mike Stanley

[fred hanna]

Fred Loveland was a gentleman--soft spoken, kind, and always willing
to help. I did not know him well but I did engage in several
conversations with him, quite enough to make the observations I just
mentioned.

I have a couple of his tampers. One is a long bamboo, 5-knuckle tamper
he custom made for me. It is a beautiful tamper, over six inches long
with a screw-in brass pick. The other is 5 inches long, made from
bakelight, also with a screw-in, finely etched, brass pick. He had an
ingenious knack for designing and making tampers, just as Art said. I
believe he once told me that he was a tool and die maker by trade.

I, along with many others, will miss Fred. He was greatly liked and
respected. I wish I had gotten to know him a little better.

Fred

[Thomas Pfaeffle]

Fred Loveland was a craftsman that I always looked forward to seeing at the
Chicago show. To think that Fred is no longer with us is very saddening.

Peaceful puffing,

Tom

"Tarek Manadily" <te...@theitalianpipe.com> wrote in message
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[Frenchy]

Damn shame.

--
Frenchy
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"Thomas Pfaeffle" <silv...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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[Tarek Manadily]

Hi Andy,

Charles, Fred's brother, still lives in Pennsylvania. I could ask a common
friend for the address, if you want.

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Tarek
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"SANDRE746" <sand...@aol.com> wrote in message
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[SANDRE746]

Thanks, Tarek. That would be great!

Charles had a last name other than Loveland, as I recall. Nice fellow, though,
as was Fred.

Didn't know Fred all that well, but that those whom I do know well and respect
thought so very highly of him speaks volumes. He WILL be misses!

Andy S.

[Smokepipes]

It saddened me greatly to here of Fred's passing. A super nice guy, great
tamper maker and had one of the largest collections of KaywoodiesI know of. I
will smoke a bowl of Kaywoodie pipe tobacco in a 1930's Super Grain 68C (both
acquired from Fred in Columbus this year) and use one of Fred's tampers.

Chicago won't be the same without him there. I always looked forward to seeing
his tamps and the Kaywoodies he brought for sale.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, his brother Charles Meyers, and his
pipe show compatriots, Tony Soderman and Dennis Moore.

Bill